Gunshi Kanbei

Gunshi Kanbei
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Written byYoichi Maekawa
Directed byKenji Tanaka
Kazuhiro Motoki
StarringJunichi Okada
Miki Nakatani
Akira Terao
Shōsuke Tanihara
Tori Matsuzaka
Yuki Uchida
Toma Ikuta
Shunpūtei Koasa
Fumi Nikaidō
Tetsushi Tanaka
Mirei Kiritani
Gaku Hamada
Mokomichi Hayami
Issei Takahashi
Kei Tanaka
Mitsuki Takahata
Kazuhiro Yamaji
Shingo Tsurumi
Takanori Jinnai
Tsurutaro Kataoka
Masatō Ibu
Hitomi Kuroki
Yōsuke Eguchi
Naoto Takenaka
Kyōhei Shibata
Theme music composerYugo Kanno
ComposerYugo Kanno
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes50
Production
Executive producerTakashi Nakamura
Running time45–60 minutes
Original release
NetworkNHK
ReleaseJanuary 5 (2014-01-05) –
December 21, 2014 (2014-12-21)
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Gunshi Kanbei (軍師官兵衛, Strategist Kanbei) is a 2014 Japanese historical drama television series and the 53rd NHK taiga drama. The series was broadcast from January 5 to December 21, 2014, and ran a total of 50 episodes.[1] The drama depicts the life of Kuroda Kanbei (played by Junichi Okada), a retainer of daimyō Kodera Masamoto of Harima Province, and a strategist for daimyō Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

  1. ^ Corkill, Edan (1 January 2014). "NHK's yearlong drama 'Gunshi Kanbei' takes cues from Korean success stories". The Japan Times. Retrieved 31 March 2014.